#1 mute s. [tongueless, unspoken, wordless] expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe. wn
#2 mute n. [deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person] a deaf person who is unable to speak. wn
#3 mute v. [muffle, dull, damp, dampen, tone down] deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping. wn
#4 mute n. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument. wn
#5 mute s. [dumb, silent] unable to speak because of hereditary deafness. wn
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